Fingask Castle

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_{Dr. Sir Stuart Threipland, of Fingask (1716-1805). Jacobite physician}

_{Wilson's Meg with a local baronet's Rolls behind, 22 May 2004}

Fingask Castle, Perthshire.

Perched above Rait, overlooking the Firth of Tay, in the Braes of the Carse of Gowrie, on the fringes of the Sidlaw Hills lies Fingask. Fingask was once an explicitly Holy place, a convenient and numinous stop off between the abbeys at Falkirk and Scone. In the eighteenth century it was a nest of Jacobites. Today, though still riddled with shrines, it is best known for its garden and parties.

Fingask is also home to the Fingask Follies, an annual musical event that takes place in late May and early June. The garden also features The Pavilion, a picturesque venue for things such as colloquia and wedding parties.

_{Abbott's sketch, Feb. 2007}

_{Old Postcard of Fingask pre.1920}

_{Castle with lost C19th embellishments}

_{Party Palace: The Pavilion, 24 February 2007}

_{Castle in 2006}

_{Fingask Tea by Mungo McCosh, 2006}

_{Monumental Royal Coat of Arms in the Pavilion}

Hyperreal-Feeling-Flowing, February 2007

[edit] References

Robert Chambers, The Threiplands of Fingask. 1880.
Country Life, July 18 1936.
Christie's, Fingask Castle, Rait, by Perth, April 1993.
David Chalmers, The Butler's Day Book 1849-1855, Everyday Life in a Scottish Castle, ed. Andrew Threipland, Perth, 1999.
Country Life, October 10 2006.